A popular song from 1910
Words by Junie McCree
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:
Lyrics
- Everybody with a pedigree
That’s been left them in a legacy
Are allowed to feel proud
They can point up to a family tree
My ancestors were an old time fad
In society great weight they had
But my name came to fame
Through the efforts of my Dad
Chorus
I am from the stable of Barry
B A double R Y
That’s because my mother did marry
M A double R Y
In the olden days
The Barry’s and Fays
Were the leading Irish clan
And funny little bowlegged Billy Barry
He was my old man
- Barrys come here from a foreign shore
They just landed by the double score
Every trip of the ship
Brought more Barry’s than Brought Barry more
Singing Irish songs they stood alone
They had voices that were all their own
Tenors, too, just a few
They were mostly Barry-tone
Sung here by Vancha March: